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The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa has been met with growing resistance from … established African entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive sociocultural … exist trading diasporas which have a generally enhanced innovative capacity vis-à-vis local entrepreneurs, regardless of the …
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internationalization process. We contribute to this research stream by establishing theoretical links with the emerging open innovation … with regard to the effect of open innovation strategies on internationalization performance. Our results show that both the …
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This paper investigates whether entrepreneurs with technical education are more innovative in high-tech industries than … economists. The main contribution to the literature is in using the type of education as main explanatory variable for innovation … conducted for entrepreneurs with university degree and practical education. The results suggest that education matters for …
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employment or entrepreneurship. Strong willingness to freely distribute research findings are related to a low appeal of private …
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This study explores the impact of social capital on innovation by constructing a more general measure of social capital … that social capital has a positive impact on innovation at the national level. After controlling for R&D expenditure and … human capital there is a positive relationship between social capital and innovation. Social capital interacts with …
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answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation … that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy in comparison to non-entrepreneurs? We study the relative …
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answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation … that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy in comparison to non-entrepreneurs? We study the relative …
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impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by … immigrants (even if they are not self-employed) may prove to be areas in which entrepreneurship and innovation are easier to … perspectives that focus on low-cost immigrant labor or immigrant entrepreneurship. …
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that the connection between overconfidence and innovation is more complex than the previous literature suggests. In … innovative activity. While overoptimism leads to an innovation enhancing effect, judgmental overconfidence inhibits innovation …. Our results indicate that future research is well advised to take into account that the relationship between innovation …
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Much has been said lately about entrepreneurship, so it seems important to leave here some personal analysis on this …
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